US828707A - Bottle. - Google Patents

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PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

DE WITT G. BREED.

BOTTLE.

APPLICATION TILED NOV. 25, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DE WITT O. BREED, OF LOOKPORTJIEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO EDWARD J. TAYLOR AND ONE-THIRD TO MERTON K. DOTY, OF

BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Application filed November 25, 1905. Serial No- 289,082.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DE WITT O. BREED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lockport, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented new and useful .Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottles of the double-neck class, and is particularly adapted for use for malt liquors and other beverages or liquids which foam when being poured or emptied from a bottle or receptacle; and the object of the invention is to provide a double-neck bottle with means hereinafter more specifically referred to which will arrest the foam durin the act of dischargin the contents of the ottle, and thereby enaloling the liquid to be poured or discharged from the bottle to a receptacle in a clear condition and free of foam. Although the bottle is designed particularly for use in connection with beverages that foam when poured or discharged from a bottle, yet the bottle is adapted for any character of fluid for which it is found applicable.

The invention further aims to provide a double-neck bottle for the purposes set forth which shall be simple in its construction, strong, durable, eflicient in its use, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention; but it is to be understood that changes, variations, and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended. In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings,

wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a .bottle in accordance with this invention, showing the valve in one of its necks in section and the valve of the other of its necks in side elevation; and Fig. 2 illustrates a modified form of valve.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 1 denotes the body portion of the bottle, which maybe of any suitable contour, and 2 3 the neck portions, which are suitably spaced apart and connected together at their tops, as at 4, forming thereby a handle. The neck portions 2 3 are also connected together at their lower ends by a reinforcing portion 5, which merges into the body portion 1. each of the neck portions 2 3 is mounted a valvular member which acts to separate the liquid from the foam when the contents of the bottle is being discharged, so that the liquid will be free of foam or froth as it passes out of the neck of the bottle. By way of example two forms of valvular members which constitute means for separating the foam or froth from the liquor is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The construction of valvular member as shown in Fig. 1 will now be described. The valvular member illustrated in Fig. 1 consists of a metallic tube 6, permanently closed at its bottom through the me dium of a plug or stopper 7 and carryin an internally-arranged ring or band 8, w 'ch constitutes a seat or stop for the lobular valve 9, which is interposed in the tu e 6 between the seat 8 and the plug 7. That portion of the tube 6 between the seat 8 and the plug or stopper 7 is provided with a plurality of inlet-openings 10, which are used for filling the bottle. That portion of the tube 6 directly above the seat 8 has a part thereof provided with a series of perforations 11, which constitute air-inlet openings, and the said perforated portion is furthermore provided with an opening 12, forming an outlet for the contents of the bottle. The outer end of the tube 6 is closed by a removable stopper 13.

The valvular member is of much smaller diameter than the neck of the bottle and is suspended in the bottle-neck through the medium of a bow-shaped holding-spring 14, which bears intermediate its ends against said valvular member, and owing to the action of said spring said member is securely suspended within the bottle neck. Surrounding the valvular member near the top thereof is a packing 15 of any suitable material, which is adapted to prevent the fluid from flowing exteriorly of said member from the bottle-neck, or, in other words, owing to the employment of the packing when discharging the contents, of the bottle it will be compelled to pass through the outlet 12 and into and out of the upper portion of the tube of the valvular member. By forming the valvular member of much less diameter than the diameter of the bottle-neck a passage 16 is formed for the entry and discharge of the fluid from the bottle.

The valvular member illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings is formed of a glass tube 17 closed at its bottom, as at 18, and formed with a depression 19, constituting a seat for the globular valve 20, which is interposed in the tube 17 between the seat and the bottom 18. That portion of the tube between the valve-seat and closed bottom is formed with a series of vertically extending slots 21, which constitute inlet-openings when filling the bottle. That ortion of the valvular member shown in ig. 2- above the valveseat is of the same construction as that part of the valvular member shown in Fig. 1. Consequently it will be unnecessary to describe it, the same reference characters being applied thereto. Although each of the valvular members is shown closed at its top through the medium of the stopper or plug 13, yet any other suitable means can be employed.

When filling the bottle, the stopper or closure at the upper end of one of the valvular members is removed and the liquor enters into the bottle through the tube and the inlet-openings of the valvular members. Any foam forming during the filling of the bottle passes upinto that neck containing the closed valvular member. When the contents of the bottle is to be discharged, one (or, if desired, both) ofthe valvular members is opened, and when the bottle is tilted the valve 9 or 20 will be shifted in the tube of the valvular member to a position in engagement with its seat, consequently preventing any of the contents of the bottle being discharged therefrom other than through the outlet-opening 12, which is formed in the tube above the valve-seat. The outlet-opening 12 allows the fluid to pass out of the bottle from under the foam.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 4 1. A bottle provided with means for separating the liquid from the foam when discharging the contents of the bottle.

2. A bottle provided with a valvular means for se arating liquid from foam when dischar ing t e liquid from the bottle.

3. Alcottle provided with a foam-separatmg means.

4. A bottle provided with a plurality of neck ortions, and a foam-separating means in eac of the neck portions.

5. A bottle provided with a plurality of neck portions, and a valvular member mounted in each of said neck portions and constitutin a means for se arating the liquid from the foam when t e liquid is discharged from the bottle.

6. :A bottle comprising a neck portion and a valvular member mounted therein and constituting a means for separating liquid from foam when discharging liquid from the bottle.

7. A bottle comprising a neck portion, a valvular member mounted therein and constituting a means for separating liquid from bottle, a resilient member extending in saidneck portion for retaining the valvular member in position, and a packing surrounding said valvular member nearthe top thereof.

9. A bottle provided with a plurality of neck portions, and a valvular memberof less diameter than the neck portion suitably sus pended therein and constituting a means for separating liquid from foam when discharging liquid from the bottle.

10. A bottle comprising a plurality of neck portions, a valvular member mounted in each of said neck portions and constituting a means for separating foam from liquid when discharging liquid from the bottle, and resilient members for suspending saidvalvular members within the neck portions.

11. A bottle comprising a plurality of-neck portions, a valvular member mounted in each of said neck portions and constituting a means for separating foam from liquid when discharging liquid from the bottle, resilient members for suspending said valvular members within the neck portions, and a packing suitably surrounding each of said valvular members.

12. In a bottle, the'combination with a neck portion, of a valvular member mounted therein and constituting means for separating foam from liquid, said member consisting of a tube closed at its bottom and provided with liquid inlets and outlets, a valveseat, air-inlets, and a valve for closing that portion of the tube below the outlet.

13. A bottle comprising a plurality ofneck portions, a valvular member mounted in each of said neck portions and constitutin a means for separating foam from liquid, and a closure for each of said valvular members.

14. A bottle comprising a plurality of neck portions, a valvular member arranged in each of said neck portions and constituting a means for separating foam from liquid, resilient devices for suspending the valvular members in said neck portions, and a closure for each of'the valvular members.

15. A bottle comprising a plurality of neck portions, a valvular member arranged in each of said neck portions and constituting a means for separating foam fromliquid', resili- IIO ent devices for suspending the Valvular members in said neck portions, a closure for each of the Valvular members, and a packing interposed between the Valvular members and 5 the inner face of the neck portions,

16 A bottle provided with a plurality of neck portions, means for connecting the neck portions together, thereby forming a handle for the bottle, and a foam-separating means IO in each of the neck portions.

17. A bottle provided with a foam-separating means, a neck portion in Which is mounted said means, and a handle for the bottle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 15 my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

DE WITT o. BREED.

Witnesses GEORGE WILKINSON,- JoNAs G. WILKINSON.

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